A year after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school on 14 February 2018 sparked a national youth protest movement, gun violence remains an American crisis. Nearly 1,200 American children and teenagers have been killed with guns in...
The Week in Patriarchy is a weekly roundup of what’s happening in the world of feminism and sexism. If you’re not already receiving it by email, make sure to subscribe. Would you like fries and a side of feminist protest with that? McDonald’s worke...
After successfully forcing Portland’s Ice office to shut down Wednesday, occupying protesters are vowing to stay until so-called “zero tolerance” immigration policies end. The pledge by members of #OccupyICEPDX came as Donald Trump signed an executi...
The Week in Patriarchy is a weekly roundup of what’s happening in the world of feminism and sexism. If you’re not already receiving it by email, make sure to subscribe. I’ve been thinking a lot about how to find calm in a time that is so volatile....
One of the most striking elements of the rally so far is how inclusive the speaker list has been, write Oliver Laughland and Jessica Reed in Washington. As well as the now famous faces from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, the s...
March for Our Lives Survivors’ activism held up as an inspiration for young people around the world Australian students and politicians have rallied in Sydney in solidarity with the survivors of the Parkland school shooting, as part of a glo...
Students across the US have planned “walkout” demonstrations for Wednesday, a month to the day after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida, in which 17 people were killed. Participants say they are acting to...
One of the great paradoxes of digital life – understood and exploited by the tech giants – is that we never do what we say. Poll after poll in the past few years has found that people are worried about online privacy and do not trust big tech firms...
On Saturday 6 March 1971, women from across the UK gathered in central London to join the first national demonstration by the newly formed Women’s Liberation Movement. Observer photographers Jane Bown and Tony McGrath documented the event for the fo...